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The Alisa Childers Podcast
The Sabbatical Series: 5 Ways Progressive Christianity and New Age Spirituality Are Kind of the Same Thing
Dec 27, 2023
Exploring the similarities between progressive Christianity and new age spirituality, this podcast discusses the rise of new age beliefs, debates around atonement theory, the abandonment of sin, relativization of truth, and the concept of universalism. It also highlights the dangers of progressive Christians falling for false ideologies.
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- Progressive Christianity and New Age spirituality both reject the concept of inherent sinfulness and emphasize the belief in our divinity and inherent goodness.
- Both New Age thought and progressive Christianity exhibit relativism by rejecting objective morality and absolute truth, instead relying on personal thoughts and feelings as the determining factors of truth and reality.
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Progressive Christianity and New Age Beliefs on Sin
Progressive Christianity and New Age spirituality share a similar view on the concept of sin. Both reject the idea of inherent sinfulness and embrace the belief in our divinity and inherent goodness. New Ageers affirm that there is no sin, only the failure to remember our divinity, while progressive Christians interpret biblical accounts symbolically, emphasizing shame rather than sin as the source of separation from God.
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